Simply elegant

For this card, I used some pastel linen effect card from Create & Craft and also some Centura Pearl card.

The lattice corners are from Rob Adams. They are in fact dies that cut in the card stock so I just snipped them out around the edge.

The lattice across the centre is from Spellbinders and I cut a strip from the die cut piece.

The flowers are sizzlets dies and finished with card candi.

The leaf die is from Marianne (although I may be wrong on this one)

The topper was created in Serif Craft Artist Pro 2 and printed on glossy photo paper. 

Hope you like it and thank you for stopping by my blog today x

cupcake birthday card

Here is a birthday card for a lady's upcoming birthday.

All the papers are from "The Paper Collection" which was given out at the recent 

NEC show by Create and Craft.

I matted each part with black card stock 

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60th birthday card

I was commissioned to make a card for a gentleman celebrating his 60th birthday.

The brief was "60, Rob, Wine, Travel & Food".

I used The Wine Buffs cd rom from Card Creations and took the wine bottle and the label into Serif Craft Artist to achieve the name on the bottle neck. I then printed it out onto glossy photo paper. (this shows up better in the second photo as the flash reflected off the paper).

The font for the tiles was downloaded from the internet and also printed onto glossy photo paper, after I had rubbed over the letters with a light coating of tea dye distress ink.

The bottle and the tiles were matted onto the backing paper with foam pads.

To finish I punched out the '60th' from the glossy paper. I threaded some burgundy ribbon around the back of the bottle neck and crossed it over at the front and glued it down before applying the punched disc with a foam pad. 

Hope you like it and thank you for stopping by my blog today x  

For my buddy, Jax

Here is a card I have made for my best buddy, Jax.

The image is 'Steampunk Mary' from the talented Vince over at CraftyMoments

I didn't colour this one myself, I used the precoloured distressed image.

The backing was made using masks and distress ink.

The wooden cogs have been coloured with glitter paste and buff it's from Pinflair. 

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Floral Birthday card made with Hobby Art Stamps

I have made this birthday card today from 'Anna's Collection - Special Wishes' 

stamp set from HobbyArts. A really pretty set and the flowers are lovely.

I took 2 x 6" square hammered cards and chopped 1 in half and trimmed it to create the square topper and then gutted it to make the frame. I used one of the blossom stamps in the corner on the main card and painted them with water colour paints.

I flipped over the square and stamped the 3 flowers onto the space so I would know where to place the others later.

I stamped the flowers out again 3 times of the reverse of centura pearl card stock and painted them with watercolour paints. Then cut them out and shaped them and added clear star sakura glitter pen in the centre.

I stamped the sentiment onto the frame. 

I used the really nice leaf stamp around the frame and edged with Crushed Olive Distress ink

Finally I die cut 2 small butterflies. I coloured one through the die with distress ink and the other I used Glitter Paste in copper from Pinflair. 

Hope you like it and thank you for stopping by my blog today 

Love Art ATC's

Open theme for October over on Dunkers ATC swap so here is what I did for the swap.

A whole packet of 'love arts' :-) 

And a sweet set to boot

thank you for stopping by my blog today x 

Male birthday card

I was asked to make a card for a client's son who like's gaming.

I cut the shape 4 times on a Silhouette Cameo to give some depth to the console 

On the top layer, I added the button detail's from photographs ( I don't have one myself for reference).

I then added a layer of acetate on the top level. Then a plain layer, then the printed layer on the 3rd level. 

I measure the size of the aperture and printed the 'screen' from Craft Artist Professional 2 software.

The last layer was left blank then the whole structure adhered to the card blank.

The backing paper was created in Craft Artist Professional 2 and matted onto some black cardstock

Hope you like it and thank you for stopping by my blog today